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William Peirson
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William Peirson
BE BSc MEngSc PhD UNSW
Senior Lecturer
Director, Water Research Laboratory
Office Location:
CE 108 Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Phone: +61 2 9385 5037
Manly Vale Water Research Laboratory, Manly Vale
Phone: +61 2 9949 4488 ext 222
Fax: +61 2 9385-6139 or +61 2 9949-4188
Email: w.peirsonroberto@unsw.edujlo.au
- Water Engineering
- Estuarine Processes
- Stormwater Structures
- Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- Wave dynamics: air-sea interaction; wave breaking; turbulence; fluid mechanics.
- Coastal and Oceanographic Processes; Coastal Structures.
- Estuarine Processes: environmental flows to estuaries; estuarine ecology; ecohydraulics; cohesive sediment dynamics.
- Computer Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering: Numerical and Physical Modelling; Instrument Design.
- Flood and River Engineering; Stormwater Structures.
- Atmospheric boundary layer processes.
- Outfall Design and Assessment.
- Reservoir Engineering.
W Peirson, J Figlus, S Pells & R Cox (2008) 9th National Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering – ASCE, Vol.134(9), pp1370-1375.
W Peirson & A Garcia (2008) On the wind-induced growth of slow water waves of finite steepness, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.608, pp243-274.
EC Sivret, W Peirson & R Stuetz (2008) Nitrous oxide monitoring for nitrifying activated sludge aeration control: A simulation study, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol.101(1), pp109-118.
J Walker & W Peirson (2008) Measurement of gas transfer across wind-forced wavy air-water interfaces using laser-induced fluorescene, Experiments in Fluids, Vol.44(2) pp1-12.
W Peirson, J Figlus, S Pells & R Cox (2008) Large rock protection against erosion by flow down steep slopes, Scientific Papers - 9th National Conference Hydraulics in Water Engineering 2008 (CD Rom), 9th National Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, September 23-26, Darwin NT.
W Peirson & A Garcia (2008) Wave-coherent tangential stress due to small scale breaking, XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Abstracts Book, XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, August 25-29, Adelaide SA.
A Bennett & W Peirson (2008) Fill in the Dams? 9th International Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering 2008, September 23-26, Darwin NT,
W Peirson, J Walker, C Welch & M Banner (2007) Defining the enhancement of air-water interfacial oxygen exchange rate due to wind-forced microscale waves, Transport at the Air-Sea Interface, p119-131.
M Banner & W Peirson (2007) Wave breaking onset and strength for two-dimensional deep-water wave groups, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.585, pp93-115.
V Makin, H Branger, W Peirson and J Giovanageli (2007) Stress above wind-plus-paddle waves: Modelling of a laboratory experiment, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol.37(12), pp2824-2837.
T Shand, W Peirson, & R Cox (2007) Wave group effects on breaker height on a uniform slope, Journal of Coastal Research, Special issue 50, pp767-772.
CH Cheah, J Ball, R Cox & W Peirson (2007) An investigation of the quality of rainwater and roof runoff in Sydney, Australia, ERE 2007 Australia's largest Postgraduate Environmental Conference, December 2-5, 2007, Cairns Australia.
CH Cheah, J Ball, R Cox & W Peirson (2007) Assessing the quantity and quality of runoff from an urban roof catchment, Rainwater & Urban Design 2007, August 21-23, Sydney Australia.
W Peirson & T Shand (2007) Augmentation of depth-limited wave heights within groups propagating onto offshore slopes of IV:5H, 18th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference, July 18-20, Melbourne Australia.
W Peirson & S Cameron (2006) Design of rock protection to prevent erosion by water flows down steep slopes, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol.132(10), pp1110-1114.
Peirson, W.L. and Banner, M.L. 2003 Aqueous surface flows induced by microscale breaking wind waves. J. Fluid Mech. 479, 1-38.
Peirson, W.L., Garcia, A.W. and Pells, S.E. 2003 Water-Wave Attenuation Due To Opposing Wind. J. Fluid Mech. (accepted for publication 17 Jan 2003).
Peirson, W.L., Bishop, K., Van Senden, D., Horton, P.R. and Adamantidis, C. (2002) Environmental Water Requirements to Maintain Estuarine Processes. Environmental Flows Initiative Technical Report Number 3. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ISBN 0642548277
Peirson, W.L. and Banner, M.L. On the Surface Kinematics of Microscale Breaking Wind waves. Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces. Geophysical Monograph 127. AGU, 2002
Cox, D.R., Adamantidis, C.A.,Peirson, W.L. and Nielsen, A.F. (2001) Wind-Induced Currents and Dispersion In a Coastal Lake with Weak Tidal Forcing. Proceedings of Australian Coastal Conference.
Peirson, W.L., Nittim, R., Chadwick, M.J., and Bishop, K.A. (2001) Impact of Flow Reduction on Australian Estuarine Habitats. MODSIM 2001
Peirson, W.L., Nittim, R., Chadwick, M.J., Bishop, K.A. and P.R. Horton (2001) Assessment of changes to saltwater/freshwater habitat from reductions in flow to the Richmond River estuary, Australia. Water, Science and Technology. Vol 43, No. 9, 89-97, IWA Publishing.
Cox, W., Abbey, D., Cantori, A., and Peirson, W.L. (2000) Innovative Reservoir Design and Construction at Potts Hill Ensuring Save, Secure Water Supply. WaterTECH, enviro 2000, Sydney, 9-13 April.
Peirson, W.L. (1999) Observational Studies of the Surface Velocity Phase Structure of Microscale Breaking Wind Waves. in Wind-over-Wave Couplings, Perspectives and Prospects. Ed. Sajjadi et al. ISBN 0 19 850192 7, OUP, pp 203-210
Miller, B.M., Peirson, W.L., Wang, Y.C. and Cox, R.J. (1997) An Overview Of Numerical Modelling Of The Sydney Deepwater Outfall Plumes. Marine Pollution Bulleting 33(7-12), 147-160.
Peirson, W.L., (1997) Measurement of surface velocities and shears at a wavy air-water interface using particle image velocimetry. Experiments in Fluids 23, 427-437.
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